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[rtcweb] Appropriateness of bypass mechanisms (Re: HTTP Fallback draft)

Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no> Wed, 08 August 2012 15:28 UTC

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Subject: [rtcweb] Appropriateness of bypass mechanisms (Re: HTTP Fallback draft)
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Forking thread....

On 08/08/2012 05:05 PM, Cameron Byrne wrote:
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> Is this thread  really about the ietf engineering a way to by-pass 
> network policy set by network operators?
>
It's about getting stuff done in the presence of rules that hinder the 
"simple way".
Those rules may be set that way deliberately, by ignorance, because of 
implementation limitations, or in error; there's no way to know.

> I do not believe that is acceptable.
>
We've already done TURN, including TURN over TLS.

Old quote: "This is not about starting down the slippery slope; this is 
about how far we slide into the muck at the bottom".

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